1 Chronicles 9:19

17 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;

18 Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.

And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.

20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.

21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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BSB
Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.
KJV
And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.
WEB
Shallum was the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his father’s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent. Their fathers had been over the LORD’s camp, keepers of the entry.
ASV
And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of his father`s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent: and their fathers had been over the camp of Jehovah, keepers of the entry.
DARBY
And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, and their fathers, set over the camp of Jehovah, were keepers of the entrance.
BLB
And Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his brothers from the house of his father, the Korahites, [were] in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tabernacle—and their fathers [were] over the camp of YHWH, keepers of the entrance.
ÅB
Sallum, sønn av Kore, sønn av Ebjasaf, sønn av Korah, og hans brødre, de som var av hans familie, korahittene, hadde som sin tjenestegjerning å være voktere ved teltets dørtreskler, fordi deres fedre hadde vært voktere ved inngangen til Herrens leir.
OTB
Sjallum, etterkommer av Kore, Ebjasaf og Korah,
og hans slektninger av hans fars husstand, korahittene,
var over arbeidet med tjenesten, voktere av telthellene.
Og deres fedre hadde vært over Herrens leir, voktere av inngangen.
B1930
Sallum, sønn av Kore, sønn av Ebjasaf, sønn av Korah, og hans brødre, de som var av hans familie, korahittene, hadde som sin tjenestegjerning å være voktere ved teltets dørtreskler, fordi deres fedre hadde vært voktere ved inngangen til Herrens leir.

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Cross references

  • Numbers 26:9–11

    And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:

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  • Psalms 42:1

    As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

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  • 2 Kings 11:15

    But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.

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  • 2 Kings 11:9

    And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

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  • 1 Chronicles 26:7–8

    The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.

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  • 2 Chronicles 23:4–10

    This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;

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  • 1 Chronicles 26:13–19

    And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.

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  • Psalms 49:1

    Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

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